Wyoming
Fall kills climber and strands partner on Wyoming's Devils Tower
HULETT, Wyo. (AP) — A climber fell to his death while rappelling down Devils Tower, leaving his partner stranded without a rope on the face of the Wyoming geological formation.
The stuck climber was rescued unharmed after crying out for help Sunday evening, Devils Tower National Monument Superintendent Doug Crossen said Wednesday.
The death of Stewart Phillip Porter, 21, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on Sunday, was the seventh climbing fatality in the park’s 118-year history. Some 6,000 people climb the formation every year.
The two were on a relatively easy climbing route called El Cracko Diablo. They had summited the tower and were headed back down when Porter fell.
How the fall happened was unknown. The accident was still being investigated, Crossen said.
Standing with sheer sides almost 870 feet (265 meters) above the surrounding countryside and a mile (1.6 kilometers) above sea level, Devils Tower is the world’s largest example of columnar jointing — fused pillars of igneous rock that formed as underground magma.
Established in 1906, Devils Tower was the first national monument and played a role in the 1977 film, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”
Wyoming
Wild horse wipeout in Wyoming’s ‘checkerboard’ delayed until October due to funding, staffing, legal woes
The 2026 Wyoming prep boys’ soccer season is here. The first week of the season has fewer matches for various reasons. Some teams are still in training, while other schools are on Spring Break. Teams in the 4A West Conference are the exception. They jump right into conference play. That includes one of three ranked matches this weekend. No. 1 Jackson is at No. 3 Kelly Walsh. The other two ranked showdowns are interclass games. One is on Friday, and the other is on Saturday.
WYOPREPS WEEK 1 BOYS SOCCER SCHEDULE 2026
There is one non-conference match in 3A in Lander. Two of the Cheyenne teams face opponents from Nebraska. Between Spring Break and training, 11 programs are not playing. This is the boys’ schedule for Week 1. Schedules are subject to change.
CLASS 4A
Final Score: Green River 6 Evanston 0 (conference match)
Final Score: Riverton 2 Rock Springs 0 (conference match)
Final Score: #1 Jackson 5 Natrona County 0 (conference match)
Final Score: #3 Kelly Walsh 4 Star Valley 0 (conference match)
CLASS 3A
Final Score: #3 Lander 3 Rawlins 1
INTERCLASS
Final Score: 4A #5 Thunder Basin 9 3A #4 Torrington 0 – Freshman Colt Daly with the hat trick for the Bolts.
OUT-OF-STATE OPPONENT
Final Score: 4A #4 Cheyenne Central 13 Gering, NE 0
Final Score: 4A Cheyenne East 2 Scottsbluff, NE 1
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CLASS 4A
Star Valley at Natrona County, 11 a.m. (conference match)
#1 Jackson at #3 Kelly Walsh, noon (conference match)
Evanston at Rock Springs, noon (conference match)
Riverton at Green River, 1 p.m. (conference match)
INTERCLASS
4A #2 Sheridan at 3A #2 Buffalo, noon
OUT-OF-STATE OPPONENT
4A Cheyenne East at Gering, NE, 11 a.m.
4A #4 Cheyenne Central at Scottsbluff, NE, 2 p.m.
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